Caspian tern predation on juvenile salmonids in the mid-Columbia River

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 466-480

  Antolos, Michelle ^a   Roby, Daniel D ^a   Lyons, Donald E ^a   Collis, Ken ^b   Evans, Allen F ^b   Hawbecker, Mike ^b   Ryan, Brad A ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Real Time Research Inc   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DIET; PREDATION; SALMONID; SEABIRD;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LARIDAE; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE; SERPENTES; STERNA CASPIA;

EID: 18244400415     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-043.1     Document Type: Article

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